---
 mm/slub.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c	2009-09-03 10:14:51.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c	2009-09-03 10:18:32.000000000 -0500
@@ -2594,9 +2594,9 @@ static inline int kmem_cache_close(struc
  */
 void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
-	if (s->flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)
-		rcu_barrier();
 	down_write(&slub_lock);
+	/* Stop deferring frees so that we can immediately free structures */
+	s->flags &= ~SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU;
 	s->refcount--;
 	if (!s->refcount) {
 		list_del(&s->list);